The word “Khangri” translates directly to mountains in the Sherpa language. Experience the beauty of the Khangri (mountains) and the culture of the Sherpa people deeply embedded in the Himalayas, first hand guided by the expertise of the world-renowned mountaineering guide, Lakpa Rita Sherpa.
Born in the remote village of Thame, ever since he could remember, Lakpa had a fascination for climbing. He embarked on his first climb to Everest at the age of 18 and hasn’t looked back since. With the record of being the first Nepali to climb the Seven Summits and over 17 summits to the top of Everest, Lakpa had always dreamed of opening his own company to help others realize their dream of experiencing the beauty of the Himalayas. Through his years working as a guide, Lakpa has guided trips all around the world including climbs in Antarctica, South Africa, North America, South America, Asia, and Europe. In 2022, Lakpa founded Khangri Experience, to bring his dream to life. We hope you join us on this new adventure.
Meet the Team
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Founder/ Expedition leader
Lakpa is one the most well known and respected mountain guide in the world. Born and raised in the small village of Thame, Lakpa followed the footsteps of his father and began his first mountaineering expedition at the age of 18 in 1984. From what began as a job, Lakpa soon realized mountaineering was his true passion. On October 7th of 1990, Lakpa made his first summit to Mt. Everest and since then, he has made over 17 summits, and let 36 expeditions, guiding a record of 254 climbers to the summit.
Lakpa moved to the United States in 2000 and started working as a full-time mountain guide around the world, leading expeditions in Alaska, Antarctica, and South America. In 2009, he became the first Sherpa to climb the seven summits. Lakpa was also named the outside magazine’s “Adventurer of the year” in 2013. Lakpa has been guiding full time for over 30 years worldwide with several different guiding companies.
Enjoy a glimpse of Lakpa at the summit of Kilimanjaro.
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Lakpa Rita’s mountaineering achievements:
Aconcagua: 62 summits
Amadablam: 2 summits
Barun tshe: 2 summits
Cho-Oyu: 21 summits
Coziyasco: 1 summits
Denali: 3 summits
Elbrus: 2 summits
Everest: 17 summits over 36 expeditions
Kilimanjaro: 6 summits
Pumori: 1 summits
Rainier: 150+ summits
Sishapangma: 1 summits
Vinson: 18 summits
Guided on K2, Broad peak, and Annapurna south face, Manaslu, Dhaulagiri and Makalu.
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Expedition leader
Born in a family of 8 kids, and brother of Lakpa Rita, Kami Rita also started his mountaineering career at a very young age. Kami scaled his first summit on Mt. Everest in 1994. He now holds the record for most summits on Everest. On May 21, 2019 he broke the world record for climbing Everest for the 24th time, which was done only six days after his 23rd summit. Then in 2021 and 2022, he broke his own record by summiting for the 25th, then 26th time. This year he scaled Everest again, twice within 6 days (May 17th and 23rd) and now holds the record of 28 summits. He hopes to continue his record-breaking summits for another decade.
Kami Rita currently holds the record for most 8,000 meter summits, with 41 total summits. Aside from his records on Everest, Kami has also scaled K2, arguably the most dangerous mountain in the world, Manaslu 4 times, Lhotse once, and Cho-oyu eight times. Kami resides in Nepal and has been climbing now for over 30 years.
Kami Rita currently holds the Guinness record of the most summits on Mt Everest.
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Kami Rita’s mountaineering achievements:
Amadablam: 3 summits
Annapurna: 1 summits
Barun tshe: 1 summits
Cho-Oyu: 8 summits
Elbrus: 1 summits
Everest: 28 summits
K2: 1 summits
Lotshe: 1 summits
Manaslu: 3 summits
“Everytime is a different experience. Everytime it’s more exciting”
